The Bureaucrat and I 30/10/2012

How did your interview go with the bureaucrat? Asked my husband as soon as I returned from the secretariat.

My experience was totally different, I said ..

Noticing my disappointment, he wanted to know whether officials stepped a few notches higher in my esteem or crumbled like a pack of cards. He knew my ‘obsession’ in interviewing the breed who always considered themselves as a class apart.

Well, it was quite a revelation to me, I said.

You mean into their real nature? He smirked.

You remember I told you some time ago that I was scheduling an interview with the CS?

Yes, was he guarded or forthcoming in his answers to your grilling? He wanted to know.

Neither, infact he said he was not aware of the subject we were supposed to discuss.

Probably he was pretending, remarked my husband.

I don’t think so because he said he was reachable on phone any time and even gave his phone number when I met him at a meeting. So I tried to call him to remind him of the topic of our interview but his secretary said he was not available.

Did you tell him that? he asked.

Yes, but you know what he said, ‘madam, have you known any CS coming to the phone ?’ the conceited man that he was!

Did you tell him what you thought of him, said my husband full of anxiety.